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A reckless aviation heir and his drug-dealing pal were found guilty Friday of first-degree murder in the shooting death and incineration of Tim Bosma.

Dellen Millard, who was smirking moments earlier, looked grim-faced and Mark Smich remained impassive as loud gasps were heard in the courtroom as Bosma’s family and friends finally heard the news they waited three years to hear.

Bosma — a married father of one daughter — disappeared on May 6, 2013, after taking Millard and Smich on a test drive in the pickup truck he was trying to sell.

Just after 3 p.m., the jury revealed that it had found Millard, 30, and Smich, 28, both guilty of first-degree murder.

The jury reached its verdict Friday afternoon — two days before Father’s Day — after starting its deliberations late on Monday, absorbing 56 days of evidence spread out over 14 weeks.

As soon as Bosma’s family exited the courtroom, loud cheering and clapping was heard.

Justice Andrew Goodman sentenced the duo to life imprisonment with no chance of parole until 2038 — the automatic sentence for first-degree murder.

After the verdict, Goodman addressed the court.

“By all accounts, Tim Bosma was an innocent, decent, hard-working and beloved husband and family man who just tried to sell his truck,” said Goodman. “What happened to him is incomprehensible and unimaginable.”

Bosma’s family chose not to file victim impact statements at court. Crown attorney Tony Leitch said the Bosma family will file victim impact statements when they will oppose the killers’ release on parole 22 years from now.

“This doesn’t end here,” declared Bosma’s widow Sharlene to loud cheers by the two dozen family members and supporters surrounding her outside court.

Between 25 and 50 Bosma family members attended the trial that stretched from Feb. 1 until Friday.